Puzzle-game board



cgJfso-HU'MAK Puzzle Game-Bo l(Nn Model.)

NQ.' 237,o5'3.- Patented 1an. 25, 1881;.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. SGHUMAKER, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUZZLE-GAME BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 237,053, dated January25, 1881.

Application filed October 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be-it known that I, GHAELEs J. SGHUMA- RER,of Allegheny city, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and Improved Puzzle-Game Board, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and amusing puzzle, whichis very simple, is easy to comprehend, and which permits ofnumerousvariations.

The invention consists in a sheet or board having twenty-one numbers,arranged in the shape of an Octagon, which numbers are connected witheach other by means of a series of rectangular and radial lines. Eachnumber is provided with a pin, and to solve the puzzle all pins must betaken by one pin, by means of jumpin g over the others upon a vacantnumberthat is, a number from'which pins have been removed-and when thelast pin is taken the players pin must jump into a number that has beenpreviously designated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my new puzzle.Fig. 2 is an elevation of the pins or studs used.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

Twenty-one numerals are printed, painted, stamped, embossed, or engravedon a sheet, R, of card-board or paper, in the shape ot' an Octagon, andthe several numbers are connected with each other by means of a seriesof rectangular lines, A, and diagonal lines B. In the case shown eachnumber is surrounded bya circle, but may be surrounded byany othersuitable ligure, and Vthe board or sheet may be ornamented in anydesired manner. Each num- 'ber is provided with an aperture, C, toreceive a pin, D, provided with a head, E. The sheet of paper upon whichthe puzzle is printed is fastened upon a piece ot' soft wood,pasteboard, or any other suitable material. The numbers are to bedistributed within the Octagonv at reg- `nlar distances, but noattention need be paid to their numerical order, ex'ceptthat the nurn-`ber 21, from which the puzzle derives its name, shall be printed moreconspicuously than the rest and in the middle of the Octagon.

The puzzle is to be solved in the following manner: Apin, D, is placelinto the aperture of every number, uporm 1 li1`the player seleots thenumber he desires to play forfor instance, 14. Then one pin-forinstance, the one on No. 4-.is removed, and the player now opens thegame by jumping over pins into blank number spaces-that is, into anumber from which the pin has been removed. The pins that have beenjumped are removed. As stated above, we assume that pin No.4 has beenremoved, and consequently the player can jump with No.11 over No. 8 intoNo. 4, and the pin of No. 8 is removed, or the player mayjump With N o.l0 over No. 7 into No. 4, or with No. 17 over No. 2l into No. 4. To Winthe game or solve the puzzle the player must play in such a manner thatthe last pin jumps into No. 14, the number rst selected. If he haspreviouslyjumped so that this is impossible he has lost the game.

The position of the pins can only be changed by jumping.

The player can play for any desired number and remove any desired pinfrom the board before beginning to play, thus permitting innumerablevariations of the game.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The herein-described puzzle, consisting` of aboard or sheet with a series of numbers connected by rectangular Ianddiagonal lines Iixed thereon, and of a series of pins or pegs to beplaced in the apertures adjoining the numbers, substantially as hereinshown and described, and for' the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the sheet R, having twenty-one numerals,connected by rectangular lines A and diagonal lines B., printed orotherwise xed thereon, of the pins D D, t ting in the apertures G G ofeach number, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

CHARLES JOSEPH SCHUMAKER. Witnesses:

DAVID L. KEPHART, J oHN DIETOLE, J r.

